The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for migraines (claimed as headaches) on a direct basis, finding that the evidence is in approximate balance and granting the benefit of the doubt to the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was in approximate balance, with positive rationale provided by the December 2021 VA examiner regarding the relationship between the Veteran's migraines and his in-service Humvee accident. The March 2022 VA opinion was deemed inadequate due to its reliance on a lack of medical evidence without considering lay statements.
- Claimed conditions
- migraines (claimed as headaches)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2024
- Citation
- A24060959
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for migraines, as the evidence did not show characteristic prostrating attacks averaging one in 2 months over the last several months.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for migraines (claimed as headaches) and denied increased ratings for hypothyroidism status post papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland, s/p thyroidectomy, and bilateral pes planus and bilateral plantar fasciitis.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and dismissed the appeal for migraines as moot.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for migraines and chronic fatigue syndrome due to a concurrent election of review options.
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